Rain Barrels: Bridgeport, CT

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Rain Barrels in Bridgeport, CT

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Aquarion Water Company, the largestinvestor-owned water utility in New England, provides rain barrels atgreatly reduced cost to the public each spring to encourage waterconservation. Placed under a home's drain pipe, it captures rainwaterrunning off the roof - a quarter-inch of rain fills one of these55-gallon barrels.

Aquarion Water Company has soldnearly 400 of these rain barrels in the past two years to customersfrom Shelton to Stamford, CT. The water is perfect for gardening andother outdoor purposes, such as washing cars or windows. Using therain barrels helps the communities as well, because water captured inrain barrels stays out of the sewer systems.

The rain barrels Aquarion offers are recycled from the beverageindustry. They are a distinctive blue to keep out ultra-violet raysthat could cause mold inside the barrels, but they can bespray-painted without disrupting this function. Each is child-proofand comes with a mesh screen to keep out insects or animals. A spigoton top lets out overflow from heavy rainstorms, and a five-foot hoseconnects to a second spigot on the bottom for filling buckets orwatering cans.